Condenser for automobile radiators



May 20, 1930. VCLUCHEY ET AL CONDENSER FOR AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS Original Filed May 19, 1927 Patented May 20, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS G. CLU'CHEY AND GEORGE Ii. CLUCHEY, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN oonnnnsnn FOR AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS Application filed May 19, 1927, Serial No. 192,634. Renewed Octoberv 24,1929.

The invention relates to means to be applied to automobile radiators to condense the liquid vapors arising from the cooling liquid employed in the radiator and return the condensed liquid to the radiator to prevent rapid depletion of the cooling liquid and also save the alcohol used as an anti-freeze ingredient for winter driving.

The invention has for its object the provision of a condenser comprising a casing adapted to be mounted on a radiator cap and communicating through the cap with the interior of the radiator and having a plurality of horizontally arranged open ended tubes through which air circulates when the automobile is in motion and serving to condense the vapors of the cooling liquid in the radiator that arise through the casing and return the condensed liquid to the radiator for reuse.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a side view, partly in section of the upper fragment of an automobile radiator and hood showing the condenser appliedthereto,

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the condenser, and

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 3.8 of Figure 2.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In Figure l the condenser is applied'to an r automobile radiator designated A, and having the usual filling nozzle B closed with a cap C.

The condenser comprises a barrel-shaped casing 1 having a'tubular' nipple 2 engaging in an opening in the top of the cap O. The casing 1 is provided with a plurality of tubular members 3 arranged horizontally through vwhich air will circulate when the vehicle is in motion and thus serve to reduce the temperature of the interior of the casing 1 and to r condense the vapors arising from the liquid in the radiator A that pass through the tubular nipple 2 into the casing 1. The tubes 3 are formed with inner projecting indentations 4:, said indentations serving to increase the surface engaged by the air passing through the tubes 3 and the consequent efiective operation of the condenser. To insure that the vapor entering the casing 1 is directed into engagement with the tubes 3 battle plates 5 are arranged at the sides of opening 6 communicating with the nipple 2. Casing 1 is also provided with a vent 7 to insure mainte nance of normal atmospheric pressure within the condenser and interior of the radiator, and also to carry off any excess vapor under abnormal conditions. When the condenser is installed a plug 8 of rubber. or other suitable material will be used to close the overflow pipe D to prevent escape of the vapor therethrough. 1

What is claimed is:

A condenser for automobile radiators, comprising a barrel-shaped casing having the ends of smaller diameter than the diameter of its intermediate portion, a nested core of i open tubular members extending from end to end of the casing, a tubular nipple secured to said casing and alined with an opening therein, said nipple being adapted to be secured in an opening of a radiator cap to communicate with the interior of a radiator, baffle plates in said casing on each side of the opening aforesaid, and the casing provided with a vent to maintain atmospheric pressure in the casing and radiator, the walls of the casing 30 by inclining from the intermediate portion to the ends and the open ended tubes providingfor cooling of said walls and tubes by contact therewith of air in motion.

In testimony whereof we affix our signaturesj JULIUS G. 'CLUCHEY. GEORGE L. CLUCHEY. 

